labile

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

2. 2

   Apt or likely to change.

   • Pythagoras [said] that each thing or matter was ever gliding and labile.
3. 3

   Kinetically unstable

   Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).

   • Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
   • Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.
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   1. 4

      Able to change valency without changing its form

      Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

The neighborhood

• neighborlability
• neighborlapse